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A vendor came by with a present for me today. An old LP. Fury of the Matador: Music of the Bullring. "Since you're a fighter," he said, "I knew you'd like this." This week's Real Change City Hall encampment to protest th ...

Last week, Real Change broke a story about how the Mayor's office has pursued a secret policy for at least six months of systematically dismantling homeless greenbelt encampments, throwing away people's belongings, and offering little or no assi ...

Last week, the Seattle Human Services Coalition put a modest proposal before the Seattle City Council. We should take $12.5 million of the Seattle's projected budget surplus this year and make an investment in long-term housing affordability. The whi ...

Last week, Real Change celebrated our 20th anniversary by hosting a breakfast for about 500 friends. Interim Editor Rosette Royale dressed as a unicorn. Vendors of the Year Nick Maxwell and Susan Russell brought the room to its feet. Keynote speaker Betsy ...

Timothy Harris Photo by Rex Hohlbein Here we go again. The “filth and contagion” narrative has been resurrected in Seattle with the proposed parks smoking ban. And, once again, this powerful frame, which deftly mobilizes public emotions of disgust to legi ...

Click to view larger Timothy Harris While housing and homeless advocates won some very important battles at the Statehouse this year, Senate Republicans are still winning the war. Let’s have a look. First, the good news. The operating budget passed last w ...

Click to view larger Timothy Harris Photo by Rex Hohlbein I know a guy who’s been homeless in Seattle for nearly two decades. Most of that time, he’s slept in a parking garage. He’s coming unraveled. No surprise there. My only question is, “What took him ...

The rent is too damn high. Click to view larger Timothy Harris The rent is too damn high. Whatcha-gonna-do? Are you going to try to set some limits on some kinds of increases? Or, are you gonna say messin’ with markets never works, take a robust supply-si ...

The Licata-Sawant resolution is a first step on the long road to a more fair housing and rental market. Click to view larger Timothy Harris Imagine a time and place where organized tenants are bitterly disappointed at a ruling that limits rent hikes to 1 ...

Click to view all images Timothy Harris Let me tell you a story I heard at the Westlake Rally for Social Security last Saturday; a story about paper-thin commitment to the struggle and politics as spectator sport. It was still early in the afternoon. The ...